Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received a top placement. You can read more about this year’s release or keep reading for details on how RPI did in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how RPI fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Best Colleges

Nationwide Ranking

RPI is #64 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This scores Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute among the best 5% of higher education institutions in the United States for students!

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New York Ranking

RPI placed #6 out of 136 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This scores RPI among the best 5% of schools in the nation for New York students! See the Best Colleges in New York ranking

This report includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, RPI has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1	165	99.4%
Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3	97	96.9%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10	244	95.9%
Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1	22	95.5%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36	597	94.0%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6	149	96.0%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106	1,187	91.1%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34	344	90.1%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22	345	93.6%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30	268	88.8%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91	816	88.9%
Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5	53	90.6%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30	373	92.0%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94	1,150	91.8%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21	238	91.2%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29	318	90.9%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26	272	90.4%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28	280	90.0%
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16	149	89.3%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28	265	89.4%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30	244	87.7%
Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22	155	85.8%
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10	64	84.4%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134	883	84.8%
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11	66	83.3%
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	1	22	95.5%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	20	95.0%
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	11	90.9%
Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18	87	79.3%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	43	93.0%
Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	21	90.5%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	17	94.1%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	13	92.3%
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	12	91.7%
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	1	7	85.7%
Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	1	6	83.3%
Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	5	80.0%
Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	5	80.0%
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	4	75.0%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	49	91.8%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	126	92.9%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	89	92.1%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144	556	74.1%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	34	94.1%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	23	91.3%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	21	90.5%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	79	93.7%
Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	10	80.0%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	19	175	89.1%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	19	84.2%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	25	225	88.9%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	16	87.5%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	16	87.5%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	64	87.5%
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	31	90.3%
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77	300	74.3%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	26	84.6%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	8	60	86.7%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	27	88.9%
Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	12	83.3%
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	12	83.3%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	58	89.7%
Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	10	80.0%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	49	87.8%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	61	83.6%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	27	85.2%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	23	194	88.1%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	78	87.2%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	7	52	86.5%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	26	84.6%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	57	84.2%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	7	38	81.6%
Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	31	80.7%
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	6	66.7%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	13	70	81.4%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	31	173	82.1%
Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	11	72.7%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	35	74.3%
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	56	73.2%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	12	66.7%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	37	124	70.2%

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